{{Short description|Federation of New Zealand Football}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox football association |Logo = |Upright = |Badge_size = |Founded = 2000 |Folded = |Headquarters = 51 Akoranga Road, Avalon, Hamilton |FIFA affiliation = New Zealand Football |Head title = Chief Executive |Head = Karyn Walters |Website = [https://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/home Official website] }}
'''WaiBOP Football''', also known as '''Waikato Bay of Plenty Football''', is one of six federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupō, Thames/Coromandel and Waikato.
== History == Waikato/B.O.P. was founded in 2002, to represent the region for the New Zealand Women's National League from its inaugural season in 2002 until 2019. In 2021, the Northern franchise teams was replaced for more of a club based competition, causing the WaiBOP United is dissolve.<ref name="NewNL">{{cite web |title=New National League competition |url=https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/98116?newsfeedId=1175318&newsfeedPageNum=5 |website=New Zealand Football |access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref>
WaiBOP United was founded in 2004 as a conglomerate of various Waikato area clubs, in order to form a strong regional franchise team, and WaiBOP United was one of the eight competing teams.<ref name="ultimate">{{cite web |title=WaiBOP United |url=https://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/Database/id1768.htm |website=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> In 2016, WaiBOP United disbanded at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/new-trio-to-join-asb-premiership/|title=New trio to join ASB Premiership|work=New Zealand Football|access-date=16 December 2015|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014923/http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/new-trio-to-join-asb-premiership/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Competitions == '''Leagues''' * '''Men's Leagues''' ** Northern League ** NRFL Championship ** NRFL Conference Southern ** WaiBOP League One
* '''Women's Leagues''' ** NRFL Women's Premiership ** NRFL Women's Championship ** WaiBOP W-League
<small>Note: Northern League and NRF League includes teams from the Northern Region Football Federation, with the Northern League being a National competition run by New Zealand Football and managed by Northern Region Football.</small>
== Current title holders == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Competition ! Year ! Champions ! Runners-up ! Next edition |- ! colspan=5|Senior (Men's) |- | Northern League | 2024 | Auckland City | Western Springs | 2025 |- | NRFL Championship | 2024 | Fencibles United | Manukau United | 2025 |- | NRFL Conference | 2024 | Cambridge | Taupo | 2025 |- | WaiBOP League One | 2024 | Otorohanga | Northern United | 2025 |- ! colspan=5|Senior (Women's) |- | NRFL Women's Premiership | 2024 | Auckland United | West Coast Rangers | 2025 |- | NRFL Women's Championship | 2024 | FC Tauranga Moana | Franklin United | 2025 |- | WaiBOP W-League | 2024 | Cambridge | Taupo | 2025 |} {{notelist}}
== Affiliated clubs == As of 2024.<ref>{{cite web|title=WAIBOP'S FOOTBALL CLUBS|url=https://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/find-a-club|website=WaiBOP Football|accessdate=9 January 2025}}</ref> {| |- valign=top | {| class="wikitable" |- !Northern League |- |Tauranga City |- !NRFL Championship |- |Cambridge |- |Hamilton Wanderers |- |Melville United |- |Ngaruawahia United |} | {| class="wikitable" !NRFL Conference |- |Claudelands Rovers |- |Ngongotahā |- |Otorohanga |- |Otumoetai |- |Papamoa |- |Taupo |- |Waikato Unicol |} | {| class="wikitable" !Hamilton |- |Eastern City |- |Glenview United |- |Hamilton Marist |- |Hillcrest United |- |Northern United |- |Western United |- |West Hamilton United |} | {| class="wikitable" |- !Waikato |- |Huntly Thistle |- |Mangakino United |- |Matamata Swifts |- |Morrnsville |- |Ngahinapouri |- |North King Country |- |Putaruru Rangers |- |Raglan |- |Te Aroha Cobras |- |Te Awautu |- |Tokoroa |} | {| class="wikitable" |- !Thames Valley |- |Hauraki Plains |- |Mercury Bay |- |Paero Rangers |- |Tairua |- |Thames |- |Waihi |- |Whangamata |} | {| class="wikitable" |- !Bay of Plenty |- |Awakeri |- |FC Tauranga Moana |- |Katikati |- |Kawerau |- |Ohope Beach |- |Omokora FC |- |Opotiki FC |- |Plains |- |Plains Rangers |- |Tauranga Blue Rovers |- |Te Puke United |- |Waipuna |- |Whakatane Town |} | {| class="wikitable" |- !Rotorua/Taupo |- |Lakes |- |Waiariki |- |Westbrook |} |} {{notelist}}
== See also == * New Zealand Football * Northern Region Football * Central Football * Capital Football * Mainland Football * Southern Football * Association football in New Zealand
== References == <references />
Category:Association football in New Zealand Category:2000 establishments in New Zealand